tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post2386492045058908833..comments2024-03-27T00:13:08.898-07:00Comments on A season and a time: SSS - StandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-60432774819910715322017-07-20T22:50:48.526-07:002017-07-20T22:50:48.526-07:00Now there is a word I've not heard. You are ri...Now there is a word I've not heard. You are right. Fitting in with the herd is what so many teens seek, for better or worse.Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-31898829781366921692017-07-20T22:42:55.939-07:002017-07-20T22:42:55.939-07:00That would be me. I suspect every teen has had emb...That would be me. I suspect every teen has had embarrassing moments. It is just part of maturing. As for remembering details, I fall far short of the ability to remember details that one of children has. Some people have quite the gift to do so. Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-72968464075956119032017-07-20T22:34:13.615-07:002017-07-20T22:34:13.615-07:00What is interesting to me is how parents may view ...What is interesting to me is how parents may view the events in the lives of their children against the backdrop of their own experiences. I remember an occasion when I was horrified by an experience a child relayed to me. I worried about the impact of the experience on the child because of thinking how I would have felt at that age in a similar experience. As it turned out, the child just brushed it off and wasn't affected.Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-56453909755679101592017-07-20T22:27:31.231-07:002017-07-20T22:27:31.231-07:00Hopefully the girl felt beautiful anyway. One can ...Hopefully the girl felt beautiful anyway. One can hope. . .Pat Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00760779673175109204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-70612202301657728412017-07-20T19:49:27.748-07:002017-07-20T19:49:27.748-07:00She sounds like a normal teenager and she is proba...She sounds like a normal teenager and she is probably right. At that age you need to fit in not stand out and look daggy (Australian slang for unfashionable).Old Egghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14727444489103758018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-89640974651592681902017-07-20T17:20:30.144-07:002017-07-20T17:20:30.144-07:00I would hope the mom did not know!
If this is a tr...I would hope the mom did not know!<br />If this is a true story, then surely, it has left a lasting mark, for youth is a time when "impressionable" has far greater implications than we give it credit for.<br /><br />"The cotton-polyester fabric was bright red with just an ever so slight hint of orange."<br /> <br />The fact that our subject remembers the color to this detail...to me speaks of a stoic endurance of what was clearly an embarrasing moment in time.<br />An act of love on the part of the daughter, to feign enthusiasm :)<br />You've captured a dynamic of mother/daughter relationships during the "awkward" years, quite well, Pat. <br />Were you the girl in the orange tinted red dress??<br /><br /><br /><br />GirlieOnTheEdgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226101556766074271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-40210618275157412972017-07-20T13:52:19.068-07:002017-07-20T13:52:19.068-07:00We seem to be on a similar wavelength this week.
...We seem to be on a similar wavelength this week. <br />The power of seemingly (at least to everyone but the person) inconsequential events encountered when we're of an age after childhood but before (young) adulthood. My God! The resilience of children and younger people to deal with occurrences that continue reverberate through a lifetime of years. Maybe I'm mistaking the impressionability of the young with the actual power (of events) to have an effect, both mental and emotional, but still (we) remember those moments and days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6361077859023918156.post-69752552736394369322017-07-20T13:43:49.998-07:002017-07-20T13:43:49.998-07:00Very vivid description. It reminds me of the situa...Very vivid description. It reminds me of the situation in high school where a girl wore a hideous red velvet dress to an event but her mother thought she was the most beautiful thing there.Paul Bradshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16999577018556504753noreply@blogger.com